Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-30
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their families shall they receive their
proper titles. To the rest of the world
they insist upon the plain "mister," eX-
cepting Captain -, who loves the
title he earned long ago.
Texas is filed with live, progressive
cities. ST. Louis, Chicago and Cincinnati
seems to have found this out long ago,
for their representatives are to be found
everywhere. And yet the business men
here look upon Kansas City as the future
mart, and will give her representatives
q grand and hospitable reception when
! they come down here. The opening OF
| the new line from Kansas City is looked
! upon as an event that brings only good
with it, and Kansas City and the Santa
/ Fe can be heard on all sides. This
great system entering the state from the
| territory at
GAINESVILLE,
at once reaches a city whose future is
destined to be such her citizens VIII be
proud to claim residence here. The
population of the city is now about u,
/ 600, and shows in its list of industries an
ice factory, two roller mills, planning
mills, steam press brick works, stree.
railways, railway machine shops, cotton
press, etc.
Some idea may be obtained of this bus.
mess done here from mention of the
trade done in cotton last year, when 40
600 bales were handled by the Gainesville
merchants, and also over 5000 head OF
cattle. The three national banks show s
surplus of over 100000, while there
are numerous private banks aud brokers.
A good system of waterWorks supplies
/ @ pitU with 10 In Q
connection may be mentioned g most
wonderful feat OF engineering, the like of
which has not been attempted in the
world, and yet it has proved a success.
In order to obtain supply of pure water
well was dug in tae bottom in search Of
that element. A. g depth of about forty
feetsia gravel bed WAS found, through
which, with considerable force, was flow
ing what is termed "loSt river" Here
was the starting point of q wonderful
idea. A series of wells about 200 feet
apart are dug clear across the valley, which
must be 1000 feet across. At the bottom
they are connected by tunnel six feet
high and five feet wide. When this is
completed wall dam will be built forty
feet below the surface, and from this dam
can easily be pumped 5000, 900 gallons
city. The scheme has proven TO be as
successful as it is novel, and reservoir
obtained that has not its like in the
world.
Two systems of railway reach this city
st the present time, the Santa Fe and the
Missouri Pacific. The latter is an east
and west road, while the former, being
north and south, gives direct Kansas City
and Galveston connection.
Lands about the city are not high,
while city property is cheap, especially
when compared with Kansas towns of
half the size of Gainesville.
This city has good future before it,
and from being well built city of - 900,
situated as it is, only six miles from Red
river and in the midst of good agricul-
tursl region, it will not be many years
until il will reach its 10000 and then
sc, OC0 inhabitants. This being the case,
there is no reason why Kansas City should
not supply all supplies and goods that
come from the north. The feeling here
is favorable, and if your merchants send
out the proper men, it will not be long
before the Santa Fe system Will be loaded